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Thermochronology @ Purdue

Publications

U = undergraduate student author; G = graduate student author; P = postdoctoral author

  1. Mijjum, M.G, Andrews, B.J., McCoy, T.J., Corrigan, C.M., Caffee, M.W., and Tremblay, M.M., Using X-ray computed microtomography (μCT) to determine subsample-specific cosmogenic noble gas production rates of E (enstatite) chondrites. In review. 

  2.  Mijjum, M.G, Bristol, K.E., Bono, R.K., Sprain, C.J., and Tremblay, M.M., A model framework for scaling pre-Quaternary cosmogenic nuclide production rates. In revision.

  3. Fink, J.G, Tremblay, M.M., Tobin, T.S., Stockli, L.D., Stockli, D.F., and Ickert, R.B., 2024, Diagenesis of fossil gar fish scales with implications for geochronology and paleoenvironmental applications. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2024.03.004 

  4. Colleps, C.L., van der Beek, P.A., Amalberti, J., Denker, A., Tremblay, M.M., Hajdas, W., Bernard, M., Dittwald, A.H., and Bundesmann, J., Improving the Accessibility and Efficiency of Proton Irradiations for 4He/3He Thermochronology. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. v. 25(2), e2023GC011334. doi:10.1029/2023GC011334

  5. Guralnik, B., Tremblay, M.M., Phillips, M., Sellwood, E.L., Gribenski, N., Presl, R., Haberkorn, A., Sohbati, R., Shuster, D.L., Valla, P., Jain, M., Schindler, K., Hippe, K., and Wallinga, J., Three centuries of snowpack decline at an Alpine pass revealed by cosmogenic paleothermometry and luminescence photochronometry. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 51(2), e2023GL107385. doi:10.1029/2023GL107385 

  6. Gribenski, N., Tremblay, M.M., Valla, P.G., Guralnik, B., Balco, G., and Shuster, D.L., Cosmogenic 3He paleothermometry on post-LGM glacial bedrock within the central European Alps. Geochronology, v. 4, p. 641-663. doi:10.5194/gchron-4-641-2022

  7. O’Brien, A.C., Hallis, L.J., Regnault, C., Morrison, D., Blackburn, G., Steele, A., Daly, L., Tait, A., Tremblay, M.M., Telenko, D., Gunn, G., McKay, E., Maria, N., Salik, M.A., Ascough, P., Toney, J., Griffin, S., Whitfield, P., and Lee, M., Using Organic Contaminants to Constrain the Terrestrial Journey of the Martian Meteorite Lafayette. Astrobiology, v. 22(11), doi:10.1089/ast.2021.0180

  8. van Zalinge, M.E., Mark, D.F., Sparks, R.S.J., Tremblay, M.M., Keller, C.B., Cooper, F.J., and Rust, A., Timescales for pluton growth, magma chamber formation and super-eruptions. Nature, v. 608, p. 87-92. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04921-9

  9. Dai, J., Fox, M., Han, X.,Tremblay, M.M., Xu, S., Liu, B., Li, H., Shuster, D.L., and Wang, C., Two stages of accelerated exhumation in the middle reach of the Yarlung River, southern Tibet since the mid-Miocene. Tectonics, 40, e2020TC006618. doi:10.1029/2020TC006618

  10. Domingos, R., Tremblay, M.M., Shuster, D.L., and Militzer, B., Simulations and experiments reveal effect of nanopores on helium diffusion in quartz. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, v. 4(11), p. 1906-1912. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00187

  11. Carter, J.N.G, Ickert, R.B., Mark, D.F., Tremblay M.M., Cresswell, A.J., and Sanderson, D.C.W., 2020, Production of 40Ar by an overlooked mode of 40K decay with implications for K-Ar geochronology. Geochronology, v. 2, p. 355-365. doi:10.5194/gchron-2-355-2020

  12. Tremblay, M.M., and Cassata, W.S., 2020, Noble gas thermochronology of extraterrestrial materials. Elements, v. 16(5), p. 331-336. doi:10.2138/gselements.16.5.331

  13. Zeitler, P.K., and Tremblay, M.M., Measuring noble gases for thermochronology. Elements, v. 16(5), p. 343-344. doi:10.2138/gselements.16.5.343

  14.  Carter, J.N.G, Tremblay, M.M., and Mark, D.N., 2020 A Bayesian approach to the deconvolution of 40Ar/39Ar data from mineral mixtures. Chemical Geology, v. 554, 119784. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119784

  15. Park, Y., Swanson-Hysell, N.L., MacLennan, S.A., Maloof, A.C., Gebreslassie, M., Tremblay, M.M., Schoene, B., Alene, M., Antilla, E.S.C., Tesema, T., and Haileab, B., 2020, The lead-up to the Sturtian Snowball Earth: Neoproterozoic chemostratigraphy time-calibrated by the Tambien Group of Ethiopia. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 132(5-6), p. 1119-1149. doi:10.1130/B35178.1

  16. Tremblay, M.M., Shuster, D.L., Spagnolo, M., Renssen, H., and Ribolini, A., 2019, Temperatures recorded by cosmogenic noble gases since the last glacial maximum in the Maritime Alps. Quaternary Research, v. 91(2), p. 829-847. doi:10.1017/qua.2018.109

  17. Dygert, N., Jackson, C.R.M., Hesse, M.A., Tremblay, M.M., Shuster, D.L., and Gu, J.T., 2018, Plate tectonic cycling modulates Earth’s 3He/22Ne ratio. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 498, p. 309-321. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.044

  18. Ingalls, M., Rowley, D., Olack, G., Currie, B., Li, S., Schmidt, J., Tremblay, M., Shuster, D.L., Lin, D., and Colman, A., 2018, Paleocene to Pliocene low-latitude high elevation of southern Tibet: Implications for tectonic models of India-Asia collision, Cenozoic climate, and geochemical weathering. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 130(1-2), p. 307-330. doi:10.1130/B31723.1

  19. Tremblay, M.M., Shuster, D.L., Balco, G., and Cassata, W.S., 2017, Neon diffusion kinetics and implications for cosmogenic neon paleothermometry in feldspars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 205, p. 14-30. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.02.013

  20. Garrick-Bethell, I., Weiss, B.P., Shuster, D.L., Tikoo, S.M., and Tremblay, M.M., 2017, Further evidence for early lunar magnetism from troctolite 76535. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, v. 122(1), p. 76-93. doi:10.1002/2016JE005154

  21. Schmidt, J.L., Zeitler, P.K., Pazzaglia, F.J., Tremblay, M.M., Shuster, D.L., and Fox, M., 2015, Knickpoint evolution on the Yarlung Tsangpo, southern Tibet: Evidence for a regional late Cenozoic base level adjustment. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 430, p. 448-457. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.041

  22. Tremblay, M.M., Fox, M., Schmidt, J.L., Tripathy-Lang, A., Wielicki, M.M., Harrison, T.M., Zeitler, P.K., and Shuster, D.L., 2015, Erosion in southern Tibet shut down at 10 Ma due to enhanced rock uplift within the Himalaya. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 112(39), p. 12030-12035. doi:10.1073/pnas.1515652112

  23. Swanson-Hysell, N.L., Maloof, A.C., Condon, D.J., Jenkin, G.R.T., Alene, M., Tremblay, M.M., Tesema, T., Rooney, A.D., and Haileab, B., 2015, Stratigraphy and geochronology of the Tambien Group, Ethiopia: Evidence for globally synchronous carbon isotope change in the Neoproterozoic. Geology, v. 43(4), p. 323-326. doi:10.1130/G36347.1

  24. Breecker, D.O., Bergel, S., Nadel, M., Tremblay, M.M., Osuna-Orozco, R., Larson, T.E., and Sharp, Z.D., 2015, Minor stable carbon isotope fractionation between respired carbon dioxide and bulk soil organic matter during laboratory incubation of topsoil. Biogeochemistry, v. 123, p. 83-98. doi:10.1007/s10533-014-0054-3

  25. Tremblay, M.M., Shuster, D.L., and Balco, G., 2014, Diffusion kinetics of 3He and 21Ne in quartz and implications for cosmogenic noble gas paleothermometry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 142, p. 186-204. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.08.010

  26. Tremblay, M.M., Shuster, D.L., and Balco, G., 2014, Cosmogenic noble gas paleothermometry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 400, p. 195-205. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.040

  27. Straub, M., Tremblay, M.M., Sigman, D.M., Studer, A.S., Ren, H., Toggweiler, J.R., and Haug, G.H., 2013, Nutrient conditions in the subpolar North Atlantic during the last glacial period reconstructed from foraminifera-bound nitrogen isotopes. Paleoceanography, v. 28, p. 79-90. doi:10.1002/palo.200138